MH-262 Clue To Kalo - Lily PerdidaSatisfyingly schizophrenic, Clue To Kalo’s third full-length release Lily Perdida is ten voices in one, all of them a different branch off the same electric folk tree. Amidst jangly guitar, mod ribbons of flute, and the voices of mastermind Mark Mitchell and duet partner Ellen Carey, ten musical perspectives on fictional character Lily Perdida emerge, each song from the point of view of a different person in her life. A post-modern frolic of keyboards, harpsichords and laptops, Lily Perdida is a gorgeous and sonically sprawling commentary on the nature of history and identity. Each succeeding track reinterprets, misreads or conflicts with the accounts that came before to collectively create an anti-portrait of the main character. The music ebbs and flows with the changing characters but never strays from the utterly satisfying sound we have come to expect from Clue To Kalo.

Not only big, but huge, humungeous, widescreen, a 70mm assault on all your senses... stunningly beautiful - Lodown / Fans of psychadelic pop-electronica can rejoice - Everything At Once / As impressive as it is warm and charming - Pop Matters / Fun and heartbreaking all at once - Exclaim!

Forty years ago, you needed a top-of-the-line recording studio, a brigade of session players and a few healthy doses of LSD to make a psychedelic opus. These days, you just need a laptop. And maybe some LSD. First there was Caribou's 2007 masterpiece Andorra. Now, there's Clue to Kalo's Lily Perdida, a similarly lush slab of Zombies-style psych-pop, coincidentally created by another electronic artist-cum-bandleader.

Clue to Kalo's Mark Mitchell clearly planned Lily Perdida meticulously. Each song examines the fictional title character from the perspective of someone who knew her, although the lyrics are roundabout enough that it's difficult to piece together much of the story. Fortunately, the music behind the concept is universally strong. "It's Here the Story's Straight by the Peers" is an obvious standout, an instantly accessible blend of boy-girl vocals and bouncing instrumentation, and the Nuggets-style keyboard that opens "The Infinite Orphan by the Familiars" is darn near irresistible, but there's not a weak track in the bunch. Welcome to the era of the bedroom genius. - Fast Forward Weekly